Schmid Mark-Dan. The Richard Strauss Companion

Praeger, 2003. - 481 p.: musical examplesFeaturing ten new essays on different aspects of the compositions, artistic influences, and persona of Richard Strauss, The Strauss Companion explores the composer's relationship to his own work and to that of his noted contemporaries. Guided by not only musical interests but literary, political, and philosophical ones as well, Strauss is an ideal candidate for this sort of treatment. Following this discussion of his influences, the volume moves to a discussion of the works themselves, including operas, tone poems, and stage works; these compositions are explored analytically and also in terms of their critical reception. The final chapter investigates for the first time Strauss's much-neglected choral works, revealing their rich musical and vocal capacities, while a select bibliography and complete works-list round out the volume.
These colorful and intriguing essays are written by some of the foremost American, German, British, and Canadian Strauss scholars of our time, making it an important resource for students not only of Strauss's work, but of all musical composition and art musicBryan Gilliam. ForewordAbbreviationsInfluences
Heiner Wajemann. The Influences of Richard Strauss
Peter Franklin. Strauss and His Contemporaries: Critical Perspectives
Charles D. Youmans. The Development of Richard Strauss WorldviewInstrumental Works
Walter Werbeck. Richard Strauss's Tone Poems
Marc-Daniel Scmid. The early Reception of Richard Strauss's Tone Poems
Scott Warfield. From "Too Many Works" to "Write Exersices": The Abstract Instrumental Compositions of Richard StraussVocal Works
Morten Cristiansen. Richard Strauss before Salome: The Early Operas and Unfinished Stage Works
James L. Zychowicz. The Late Operas of Richard Strauss
Pierre Marc Bellemare. Richard Strauss's Poetic Imagination
Christine Getz. The Lieder of Richard Strauss
Suzanne M. Lodato. The Challenge of the Choral WorksScott Warfield. Select Bibliography
Index of Musical Works
General Index